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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Copenhagen or Ghent?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Copenhagen for

  • families
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Copenhagen’s own page.

Choose Ghent for

  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Copenhagen 40, Ghent 25: Copenhagen leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Ghent 62: Copenhagen leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen and Ghent are level on 72.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Ghent 55: Copenhagen leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Ghent 35: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Ghent 88: Ghent leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Ghent 50: Copenhagen leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Ghent 78: Copenhagen leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Ghent 50: Copenhagen leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Ghent 38: Ghent leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Ghent 60: Copenhagen leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Ghent 33: Copenhagen leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Ghent.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

Ghent
54match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ghent has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenGhent
Official languageDanishFrench, German, Dutch
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m12 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenGhent
City population667,099272,657
People per km²7,3391,728
Museums within 10 km7230
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km55
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.